Trim-rail for cushion-seats and other upholstery.



F. B. KING. TRiM RAIL FQR CUSHION SEATS ANB OTHER UPHOLSTERY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28 19H.

Patented 00th 8,1918

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E3 strip tacking strip and wire may be sepa- FRED B. KING, OF ALBION, MICHIGMT.

TRIM-RAIL FOR CUSHION-SEATS AND OTHER 'UPHOLSTERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Get. 8, 19318.

Application filed September 28, 1917. Serial No. 193,654.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, FRED B. KING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Albion, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trim-Rails for Cushion-Seats and other Upholstery, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

he invention relates to trim rails for up- 'holstery of that type in which a metallic rail has attached thereto a tacking strip of wood or other suitable material so as to per- -mit the attachment of the facing or skirt by tacking. The present invention has reference to the novel construction of the rail and the means for securing the tacking strip thereto, as hereinafter set forth.

This application in some of its features is a division of my prior application, Serial No; 192,350, filed Sept. 20, 1917, for a trimming rail for cushion seats and similar structures.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a part of the rail and the skirt or facing attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section;

Figs. 3, 3 and 3 are complementary portions of the metallic strip, tacking strip and edge-protecting wire, which when assembled constitute the rail.

A is a flat metallic strip provided at its lower end with a bead B, preferably reinforced by a Wire C. D are hooks struck in wardly from the strip A and constituting a means for attachment to the spring frame. F is the tacking strip.

For quickly attaching the tacking strip to the metallic strip the latter has struck out therefrom a series of lugs or tongues F, G, adapted to embrace the strip 1E, respectively extending above and below the same. H is a wire extendin%along the lower edge ortion of the strip and secured thereto y the struck-out tongue G, which is returnbent at I to embrace the wire. The lug F at the upper edge of the strip E is bent down at Ft over the front face of said strip, and this together with the wire H will securely fasten the tacking strip E to the metallic strip A.

As shown in Figs. 3, Stand 3", the metallic rately fashioned to the desired configuration and then assembled, as shown in Fig. 2. In assembling these parts, the tongues F and G are bent sufficiently to permit of entering the strip E therebetween and of engaging or tongues are then clenched, as shown in Fig. 2, to retain the parts in engagement.

In attachin the skirt or facing to the tacking strip it is usual to pull it down so as to take out all .wrinkles and then to tack to the strip, after which the surplus material is out OE. With my improved strip this mode of operation may be followed, and in cutting d the skirt the trimming knife, such as J, mIaIy he slid along the upper face of the wire cutting the skirt K adjacent thereto so that the wire will form a uard or protection for the raw edge. It Wlll be noted that in thus trimming the skirt the knife will come in contact only with the cloth and wooden tacking strip therebeneath, being out of contact with any metal part that might dull its edge. Thus one of the advantages of the present construction is that the trimming may be accomplished without dulling the trimming knife. Another advantage is that the tacking strip is secured without the use of rivets or other detached securing devices and the tongues or lugs which form the attachment means are struckup from the metal lying in the neutral axis of the strip, thereby avoiding weakening of the strip. Still another advantage is that i the tacking strip is backed by the metal strip which forms a rigid abutment during the tacking operation.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a trim rail, the combination with a flat metallic strip, of a tacking strip lying parallel and adjacent thereto, lugs or tongues struck-out from the central portion of said metallic strip for embracing said tacking strip above and below the same, and a metallic wire extending along said tacking strip embraced and secured by one of said lugs or tongues.

2. A trim rail, comprising a metallic strip, a tacking strip lying adjacent thereto, a wire extending alon said tacking strip, and means for securing said wire to said metallic strip and between said tacking stri and se curing means thereby securing sai tacking strip.

3. ll trim rail, comprising a metallic strip Nil 60 the Wire H with the return-bend I. The lugs having struck-out tongues, a' tacking strip extending adjacent to said metallic strip and embraced by said tongues, and a wire attached to said metallic strip by one of said 5 tongues and clamped thereby in contact with said tacking strip.

4. The combination with a metallic strip, of a tacking strip secured thereto, a wire extending along said tacking strip, and means 10 for securing said wire to said'tacking strip,

leaving a continuous surface of the latter against which a skirt or facing can be trimmed adjacent to said wire. 4

5. A trim rail, comprising a metallic strip, a tacking strip lying adJacent thereto, a 15 wire extending along said tacking strip, and means for securing said wire in direct contact with said tacking strip.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature,

FRED B. KliNG, 

